Special Collections
East Central Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 56 Texas counties. This ecoregion separates the two bands of the Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion and extends just across the Oklahoma border. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Post Oak Savannah vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the East Central Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
| Parthenium incanum | Mariola | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Paronychia lindheimeri | Forked Nailwort | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | |
| Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel Prairie Ragwort | |
| Paspalum plicatulum | Brownseed Paspalum Brownseed Paspale | |
| Paspalum praecox | Early Paspalum | |
| Paspalum pubiflorum | Hairyseed Paspalum | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Palafoxia reverchonii | Reverchon's Palafox | |
| Panicum rigidulum | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
| Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | Rosy Palafox | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
| Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
| Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde Retama China | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Palafoxia texana var. ambigua | Texas Palafox | |
| Parkinsonia texana var. texana | Texas Paloverde Texas Palo-verde Palo-verde | |
| Packera tomentosa | Woolly Ragwort | |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass | |
| Panicum verrucosum | Prairie Panicgrass Prairie Panic Grass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata | Lemonscent | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Canadian Lousewort Wood Betony | |
| Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis | Canadian Lousewort | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum digitatum | Palmleaf Indian Breadroot Palm-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
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